I was lucky enought to see Toussaint do this album when he opened for the original line-up of Little Feat at the Beacon in NYC in the '70s. Basic Lady is the only weak number, the rest is full of gems, especially Last Train, What Do You Want The Girl To Do? (which Bonnie Raitt covered) and When The Party's Over.
For better or worse, New Orleans will always be known as a party city, thanks in no small part to the two-week celebration of parades, beads and general Bacchanalia known as Mardi Gras. And like any great party, NoLa has excellent food and music in spades. In fact, The Big Easy is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to recorded song. Widely celebrated as the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans introduced the world to… more »
When it comes to programming, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival gets to have its cake and eat it too. The lineup is distinctively reflective of the region's time-honored musical traditions, but because so many styles are bound up in that history — jazz, blues, funk, soul, gospel and rock, not to mention sub-genres like brass bands, zydeco and feathered Mardi Gras Indian hoe-downs — the fest manages to be both redolent of its… more »
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